Chennai
A 74-year-old woman from Perumalpattu near Tiruvallur lost her five-sovereign gold chain to two men who posed as seekers of temple directions near Sevvapet. The incident occurred as she walked to a nearby temple. Police have confirmed the details.
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Police seized ₹50 lakh in unaccounted cash from a car parked under suspicious circumstances near Vepery in Chennai on Friday night. The two occupants, Aswanth and Kurumban, are being questioned. The Vepery Inspector received a tip-off about a Puducherry-registered vehicle on Gopal Street in Choolai.
The Victoria Public Hall in Chennai is missing the plaque marking its opening in 1888, even as other historical markers remain intact after recent restorations. Designed by architect R.F. Chisholm and funded partly by the Maharajah of Vizianagaram, the hall opened under controversial circumstances involving Governor Lord Connemara. Speculation suggests the plaque's absence ties to rumors about Connemara's personal life at the time.
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The Greater Chennai Corporation plans to start biomining nearly 80,000 cubic metres of legacy waste at the Athipet dumpyard, tackling decades of accumulation at a cost of ₹7.1 crore.